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Bayrou set to quit as France’s first PM removed by confidence vote

François Bayrou, the first prime minister in the history of modern France to be removed in a confidence vote rather than a ...

France’s Bayrou Defends Confidence Vote as Needed Wake-Up Call

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said he doesn’t regret calling a confidence vote putting his government on the line, as ...

France cannot 'erase reality' of fiscal risks, Bayrou says with govt on brink

France's over-indebtedness is putting its survival at stake, Prime Minister François Bayrou warned ahead of a confidence vote ...

Bayrou’s failure was inevitable. France cannot be saved

A few hours before French PM François Bayrou went down in flames in parliament, having failed to win a vote of confidence for ...

France’s political crisis deepens as PM Bayrou faces ousting in confidence vote

The expected ousting of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, the second in succession, heralds more instability for France.

France plunges back into crisis after PM Bayrou's confidence-vote backfires

France found itself mired in yet another crisis on Tuesday, after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's gamble to win backing for ...

France: PM Bayrou resigns as country braces for protests

After defeat in the National Assembly on Monday, ousted French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has officially tendered his ...

Macron under pressure to name new PM as France simmers ahead of protests

François Bayrou has handed in his resignation, leaving France without a prime minister on the eve of nationwide protests.